{"1": {"fulltext": "J PLAYS EXCHANGED.\\nBaker s Edition]\\n6T PL7W.S\\nA CONFIDENCE GAME.", "height": "3667", "width": "2302", "jp2-path": "confidencegameco00whit_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "(US\\nI A. W. PINERO S PLAYS, t\\niflw Uniformly Bound in Stiff Paper Covers, av\\nif*k Price, 50 cents each. av\\nm\\n*IJ The publication of the plays of this popular author, made feasible by the new\\niiV Copyright Act, under which his valuable stage rights can be fully protected,\\nenables us to offer to amateur actors a series of modern pieces of the highest\\n/AW class, all of which have met with distinguished success in the leading English Jk\\\\\\nand American theatres, and most of which are singularly well adapted for ania- yp\\nJjjjjk teur performance. This publication was originally intended for the benefit of AW\\n*f* readers only, but the increasing demand for the plays for acting purposes has *f*\\niii far outrun their merely literary success. With the idea of placing this excel- ifAV\\nlent series within the reach of the largest possible number of amateur clubs, we ^f J\\n/AV have obtained authority to offer them for acting purposes at an author s roy- /AV\\nfj* altyof fjj\\n/AV Ten Dollars for Each Performance.\\n/AV This rate cmes not a PPty to professional performances, for whic\\n*f made known on application.\\nas --^-r-.\\nUS\\nTUT? A UTT A TOTM^ I A Farcical Romance in Three J\\nI riC AIVl/^ZA^lNO. I w PrxEKO. Seven male\\nacters. Costumes, modern\\nf\\neeActs. By Arthur *fj\\nand five female char-, iAV\\nscenery, an exterior\\nf\\nand an interior, not at all difficult. This admirable farce is too well known\\nthrough its recent performance by the Lyceum Theatre Company, New York, to\\nneed description. It is especially recommended to young ladies schools and\\ncolleges. (1895.)\\nW\\nW TH E CABINET MINISTER. i^ff^pSS^ JE S\u00c2\u00bb\\nk A a and nine female characters, k|j\\nMr Costumes, modern society scenery, three interiors. A very amusing piece, in- Mr\\nSXi genious in construction, and brilliant in dialogue. (1892.)\\nDA N DV DICTC I A Farce in Three Acts. By Arthur W. Pixero. \\\\f/\\n^kj isnxyis I x- iv-iiv* Seven male, four female characters. Costumes, mod- t|j\\nMr ern scenery, two interiors. This very amusing piece Mr\\nkA /S was another success in the New York and Boston theatres, and has been ex-\\nMr tensively played from manuscript by amateurs, for whom it is in every respect Mr\\nVft/ suited. It provides an unusual number of capital character parts, is very funny, i g\\nMr and an excellent acting piece. Plays two hours and a half. (1893.) Mr\\ni% i THF HORRV HOR^F I A Comedy in Three Acts. By Arthur k\\nMr irLC \u00e2\u0096\u00a0T1V-\u00c2\u00abM X n.WIVOIi\u00c2\u00bbJ w PrNERO- Ten male, five female char- \\\\ff\\n^k g acters. Scenery, two interiors and an ex-\\nMr terior; costumes, modern. This piece is best known in this country through the Mr\\nckg admirable performance of Mr. John Hare, who produced it in all the principal\\nM/ cities. Its story presents a clever satire of false philanthropy, and is full of \\\\ff\\nck g interest and humor. Well adapted for amateurs, by whom it has been success- \u00c2\u00a3m*A\\nMr fully acted. Plays two hours and a half. (1892.) Mr\\nT\\nW\\nvK T ADY ROIHSTTTFUT I A Pla y 1 Four Acts. B y Arthur w. Mf\\n\\\\U ^*m* DUUl !HruU| Pinero. Eight male and seven female char-\\nTI. acters. Costumes, modern scenery, four\\nili interiors, not easy. A play of powerful sympathetic interest, little sombre in\\nIT key, but not unrelieved by humorous touches. (1892.)\\nk", "height": "3697", "width": "2266", "jp2-path": "confidencegameco00whit_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "A Confidence Game\\nA Comedy in Two Acts\\nBy EVELYN G. WHITING\\nBOSTON\\nWALTER H. BAKER CO\\n1900", "height": "3663", "width": "2165", "jp2-path": "confidencegameco00whit_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "A Confidence Game\\nCHARACTERS 5667^\\nAs originally produced at the New South Church, Boston, Mass., April\\n24 and 25, 1895, ky the Unity Club, under the title of\\nVacation Days.\\nGrace Leslie, Miss Evelyn G Whiting\\nWho deserves confidence but doesn t always get it,\\nMilly Leslie, Miss Ida Metzger\\nHer sister, who doesn t always deserve co?ifidence, but has it,\\nMaude Winslow, Miss Louise Ulmer\\nA coming actress, the victim of misplaced confidence,\\nHenry Bronson, Walter R. Whiting\\nAn alleged dramatic agent and undoubted confidence ??ia?i,\\nLaurie Winslow, Mr. Geo. W. Taylor\\nHome from college and not lacking in confidence,\\nBert Lindsay, Mr. Louis Lyon\\nWho loses every one s confidence but his own,\\nHoward Lindsay, Mr. Adelbert Bliss\\nWho loses a good deal more than confidence,\\nNab Em Detectives in strict j Mr. Wm. W. Hanscom\\nGrab Em confidence Mr. Edwin F. Porter\\nCOSTUMES MODERN.\\nCopyright, 1900, by Walter H. Baker Co.", "height": "3691", "width": "2266", "jp2-path": "confidencegameco00whit_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "SECOND OOPV,\\nPROPERTIES\\nBert Lindsay. Mackintosh, with revolver in pocket.\\nHoward Lindsay. Money in yellow envelope, and note\\nwhich Bert left.\\nHenry Bronson. Card, which he gives Maude, revolver,\\nand mackintosh, same color as Bert s, with articles in pockets.\\nLaurie. Girl s hat, book, and bottle of perfumery.\\nMilly. Man s hat, and tin horn.\\nMaude. Letter from Howard, hat, coat and jewel-case.\\nGrace. Book and magazine.\\nNote. This piece was originally produced in three acts in-\\nstead of two, as in the following\\nSYNOPSIS\\nAct I. In which much is hidden. Scene. Sitting-room in\\nMrs. Winslow s summer residence. Time. Afternoon.\\nAct II. In which complications arise. Scene. Same as\\nAct I. Time. Evening.\\nAct III. In which the guilty does his own suffering. Scene,\\nSame as in Acts I. and II. Time. Morning.", "height": "3691", "width": "2266", "jp2-path": "confidencegameco00whit_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3691", "width": "2266", "jp2-path": "confidencegameco00whit_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "A Confidence Game.\\nACT I.\\nSCENE. Sitting-room in the Wins lows residence. Doors r.\\nand l. French window c. Desk and sofa, r. Chimney-\\npiece with mirror over it and large armchair, l. Large\\ntable, e. Small table R. of window. Time, evening of\\n\\\\July 3d. Maude is seated in armchair reading letter.\\nLaurie is stretched lazily on sofa reading book. At rise\\nof curtain there is a slight pause.\\nMaude (over letter). That s good I was afraid they\\nwouldn t come. Laurie. (Laurie does not appear to hear.)\\nLaurie, I say, the boys are coming. (Laurie smiles over\\nbook.) Do you hear? They got mama s letter and are com-\\ning to spend the Fourth. (Very much louder.) Laurie Win-\\nslow\\nLaurie (starting up and slamming book). Yelling again\\nWhat do you want now You girls are enough to drive a fel-\\nlow crazy. Everlastingly shrieking about something or other.\\nMaude (ignoring his mood). Howard and Bert are coming\\nand they ll be here this evening.\\nLaurie. What of it That is no reason why you should\\ntake my head off. (Gets up.) I thought I could be quiet in\\nhere, but you re worse than Grace, and goodness knows she is\\nbad enough. I left Milly on Hartwell s Island I think she ll\\nbe glad to see me. (Laurie exit r., but comes back again.)\\nThere is a man out in the hall asking for you. [Exit, L.\\nBronson (entering r.). Pardon this intrusion. I am ad-\\ndressing Miss Winslow\\nMaude (bowing). You are.\\nBronson. You must excuse abruptness, but my time is\\nlimited. I called to see you on business.\\nMaude. I understand. You are undertaking some chari-\\ntable work and come to ask for help. Won t you be seated?", "height": "3691", "width": "2266", "jp2-path": "confidencegameco00whit_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "6 A CONFIDENCE GAME.\\nBronson {taking chair near Maude). Thank you you\\nare right. I come to ask for help, but not of the kind to\\nwhich you allude. A few months ago I saw you in a very\\nclever amateur performance. There, said I to myself, is\\na born actress. If that girl were on the stage, she would make\\na fortune.\\nMaude {deeply interested). Yes\\nBronson. I thought about you a great deal, and last week,\\nwhen one of our summer companies came in, I resolved to\\nlook you up. They came to me, of course, as I am their agent\\nfor dramatic business. They are going out again next week,\\nand must have some one who is stylish and clever to take the\\npart of a city belle. Of course the part is not large and the\\npay is small. Probably you would not get over thirty dollars\\nto start with.\\nMaude {excitedly). You mean for me to take the part to\\nplay with real actresses Oh, how I would like it but my\\npeople they would never consent.\\nBronson. Why need they know at present? You could\\nmake some excuse for going away to er er visit some one.\\nYou understand Once fairly launched on your career as a\\nsuccessful actress and your people would be proud of you.\\nMaude. I have always said so. I think I could manage it\\nsomehow. How soon would you want me\\nBronson. At once. That is it will be necessary for you to\\nsee the manager by to-morrow morning. Will you accept the\\noffer?\\nMaude. No. Yes. I mean I can t that is I think I will\\nOh, I m sure I don t know.\\nBronson. In other words, you will accept. If you take\\nthe ten o clock train, you will reach New York early in the\\nmorning. You can see manager Smith at once, and return by\\nthe next train if you don t care to stay longer. {Takes out\\ncard.*) Here are the directions, and now I must bid you good-\\nevening. {Goes r.) Oh by the way, you will have to have\\na few costumes.\\nMaude. Costumes Why I thought you furnished those.\\nBronson. We do if you wish it, but it will be necessary\\nfor you to bring a small amount of money with you.\\nMaude. But, sir, I have no money of my own. What\\nwould you call a small amount\\nBronson. Let me see I think you would need about\\nthirty-five or forty dollars,", "height": "3691", "width": "2266", "jp2-path": "confidencegameco00whit_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "A CONFIDENCE GAME, J\\nMaude. Forty dollars You might as well ask for ten\\nthousand. Without my parents knowledge I can do nothing.\\nI have about twelve dollars in my purse at present.\\nBronson. This is unfortunate, but wait a minute you\\nmust have something else which is valuable. Jewels, a watch\\nor something of the sort. You could let us have them as\\nsecurity, and redeem them when you got your salary.\\nMaude. Yes, I might do that. I have a very handsome\\nnecklace. Would you like to see it\\nBronson. Perhaps I had better.\\nMaude. Very well, I will get it for you. Excuse me just a\\nmoment. [Exit l.\\nBronson. Little fool It beats everything the way these\\nstage-struck girls are taken in. A little flattery is all that s\\nneeded. I wonder how Smith is getting along. If we can get\\nthose jewels, we ll be doing pretty well. We will skip the town\\nto-morrow anyhow. It is getting a little too warm for us in\\nthese regions. (Going to window c.) Nice place here. By\\nJove, I would like to own it. Mighty fine view too.\\n[Exit through window.\\nMilly {entering r. and talking over her shoulder to Grace\\nas they come down front). You just let me alone, Grace\\nLeslie I can be cross if I want to and I will. So there I\\njust guess you d be cross if Laurie Winslow had played such a\\ntrick on you. He s as mean and ugly as he can be, and I hate\\nhim. (Stamping foot.) Didn t I tell you to go away\\nGrace. Milly, dear, you are unreasonable. I don t see\\nwhy you should be cross with me. What has Laurie been do-\\ning now\\nMilly. What has he been doing He only took me out\\nrowing, landed me on Hartwell s Island, and forgot all about\\nme. That s what he says, but he didn t forget, he did it on\\npurpose, and you just see if I don t get even with him. I was\\nthere almost two hours.\\nGrace. It is too bad. Laurie is a mean fellow.\\nMilly. No, he isn t any such thing. He only did it for\\nfun, because I talked too much. Now what are you laughing at\\nGrace. At you, my dear.\\nMilly. Well, laugh then 1 Ohoo (As she encounters\\nBert who is entering r.)\\nBert. Hello, little one. (Puts arm around Milly and\\nwalks toward Grace.) Ah, Grace I ve been looking for\\nyou. (They shake hands.)", "height": "3691", "width": "2266", "jp2-path": "confidencegameco00whit_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "8 A CONFIDENCE GAME.\\nGrace. Have you Has Howard come\\nBert. Yes, we are all here now.\\nMilly. Good, then we can have some fun. Did you bring\\nany fireworks?\\nBert. Lots of them. Cannon -crackers, torpedoes, car-\\ntridges, everything.\\nMilly. Where are they\\nBert. Out in the hall, labeled please don t handle.\\nMilly. Humph Who cares One hurrah Two hur-\\nrah Three hurrah Waves hat in air and exit R.)\\nBert {crossing to Grace). What does this mean\\nGrace. I don t wonder you ask. It means that she is\\nwilder than ever. The reaction of a vacation after a year of\\nboarding school is too much for her.\\nBert. And your aunt does not mind the noise\\nGrace. Not a bit. She likes it.\\nBert. That is fortunate considering those cannon-crackers.\\n{Turning to Grace with outstretched hands and growing\\nserious.*) It has seemed an age till now. Sweetheart, are you\\nglad to see me\\nGrace. Need you ask me that {Placing hands in\\nBert s.) Oh Bert, if you could only stay. Of course, I\\nam having a nice time but it would be so much nicer with you.\\nDon t you know it would? (Howard enters l., but seeing\\nthem, starts to go out again. Grace runs and bars the way.)\\nWhere were you going to\\nHoward. Scarcity.\\nGrace. Well, that s what I call friendly You weren t\\neven going to say good-evening.\\nHoward. No, ma am. Don t let me interrupt you.\\nGrace. You needn t worry about that. {Pushes him into\\nchair.) There, sit down and behave yourself. Tell me what\\nyou have been doing lately.\\nHoward. Nothing. Only skipping to Canada with the\\nfirm s money.\\nGrace. Is that all Then you are certainly reforming.\\n(Bronson appears at window and listens. He is partly\\nhidden by lace curtains.)\\nHoward. Yes, I have fifteen hundred dollars in my pocket,\\nand it weighs more than my conscience does. I took it to the\\nbank, but I was too late and I couldn t take it back to the\\nstore, for I hadn t the key, so I brought it with me.", "height": "3691", "width": "2266", "jp2-path": "confidencegameco00whit_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "A CONFIDENCE GAME. O,\\nBert. You ought not to carry it about with you. You\\nmight meet with some accident.\\nHoward. I know but where would it be any safer\\nGrace. In that little drawer in the desk. You can lock it\\nup, and nobody will be the wiser.\\n(Grace goes to desk and pulls out drawer. Howard puts\\nmoney in yellow envelope and places it in drawer, locks\\ndrawer and puts key in his pocket.)\\nHoward. Now remember, if the house catches fire, and I\\nlose the money, it is all Grace s fault.\\nGrace. I guess there is no danger. The court will now\\nadjourn.\\n(Slips arm through Howard s and Bert s and they all\\nexeunt R.)\\nMaude {entering with jewel-case looks around). Gone,\\ntired waiting Oh dear (Bronson enters window.) Here\\nyou are I thought you had gone. I didn t mean to be so\\nlong, but some friends of mine have come down from the city,\\nand I stopped to welcome them. {Shows necklace.) Do you\\nthink these will do\\nBronson (examining them carefully). Nicely. They are\\nreally very fine. Be sure to take them with you to-morrow.\\nMaude. Yes.\\nBronson. That s right. (Going r.) Good-evening. I\\nam sure you will please Mr. Smith. Be sure to tell him I sent\\nyou. (Bows and exit with an encouraging smile.)\\nMaude (sinking onto sofa and clasping hands). At last I\\nshall become an actress. The actress of the age.\\nHow t ard (entering r.) Ah, Maude, you here?\\nMaude. No, I m not. (Howard comes down stage and\\nsits beside her.) There are chairs in the room.\\nHoward. So I perceive.\\nMaude. Then why don t you take one?\\nHoward (moving up close to her). I prefer the sofa.\\nMaude. Well, keep it then. (Starts up, but is restrained\\nby Howard.)\\nHoward. Maude, don t be cruel. Come, tell me what\\nyou have been doing since I saw you last\\nMilly enters r., and hides under small table near window.\\nMaude. Having a glorious time with my many admirers.", "height": "3691", "width": "2266", "jp2-path": "confidencegameco00whit_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "10 A CONFIDENCE GAME.\\nOh, you needn t laugh I am quite a charming young lady,\\nif you did but know it.\\nHoward. I was never very discerning.\\nMaude. Not to notice the impudence of some people, give\\nan account of yourself at once.\\nHoward. There is nothing to tell, except that I have found\\nout something since I was here.\\nMaude. And are you going to tell it to me\\nHoward. Yes. I am in love.\\nMaude. How shocking Now don t tell me that I am the\\nobject of your affection, for that would make thirteen times\\nthat you have done it this month, and thirteen is unlucky. To\\nbegin with, she must be very beautiful.\\nHoward. Oh, she is a darling, and no mistake.\\nMaude. To make your romance more touching, she must\\nnot love you at all.\\nHoward. Too confoundedly touching Maude, you know\\nwell enough what brought me down here.\\nMaude. With my Sherlock Holmes intellect, I suspect that\\nit was a train.\\nHoward. Yes, a train of thoughts about you. Why will\\nyou persist in making game of my love\\nMaude. Because, my dear boy, it would be very apt to\\nquail under certain circumstances.\\nHoward. No. Never How can I prove how true it is\\nMaude. We learned to prove arithmetic at school\\nHoward {getting up and walking about). Oh hang arith-\\nmetic Great Caesar, have you any heart\\nMaude. What a queer question to put to a man of his\\ncharacter.\\nHoward. Confound it\\nMaude. Don t scowl so. You will spoil your counte-\\nnance, which isn t so dreadful under most circumstances.\\nHoward. Thanks. My countenance is quite capable of\\ntaking care of itself. I didn t come down here for nothing\\nand I insist upon your talking sensibly for a few minutes.\\nMaude. Absolutely insist\\nHoward. Yes.\\nMaude. I am sorry. I was just going to make a very\\nfoolish confession.\\nHoward. What was it\\nMaude. It was that I\\nHoward. You love me.", "height": "3691", "width": "2266", "jp2-path": "confidencegameco00whit_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "A CONFIDENCE GAME. II\\nMaude. That I\\nHoward {clasping her hand). Oh say it\\nMaude. Am going to buy a pug dog next week. (Howard\\nexit r. angrily. Now he s cross. I wonder why I like to tor-\\nment him so. Poor old fellow, I may go away on the road\\nand never see him again. Something might happen to him\\nwhile I was gone. Perhaps he will forget all about me and\\nfind some other girl and make love to her. Oh dear (Puts\\nhandkerchief to eyes.)\\nMilly (getting out from under table, comes down). Hello\\nWhat s the matter\\nMaude (starting). With me? Why nothing. I thought\\nyou were going out with Laurie.\\nMilly. I was, but she won t let me.\\nMaude. Who won t?\\nMilly. My respected aunt.\\nMaude. Why won t she?\\nMilly. Because I went in wading.\\nMaude. She objects to that\\nMilly. Yes says I am too old for such things.\\nMaude. And you disobeyed her\\nMilly. No, indeed. You insult me. I never disobey.\\nShe told me not to take my shoes and stockings off, so I went\\nin with them on. Now do you know?\\nMaude. You have made the matter quite plain.\\nMilly. I m glad. But what were you crying about?\\nMaude. Nonsense, I wasn t crying.\\nMilly. Worthy shades of George Washington, I saw you.\\nMaude (crossing to Milly and putting her arm around her).\\nMilly, don t tell any one, will you I was only feeling a little\\nblue. Promise you won t tell.\\nMilly. I give you my solemn word as a maid of honor not\\nto tell that I found you with eyes and nose like a red, red rose.\\nThere s poetry for you. Oh I m a genius.\\nMaude. You re an angel \\\\_Exit through window.\\nMilly. You bet I am. I m a little feathered songster\\nstraight from heaven. Glad to know I am appreciated.\\n(Howard enters r.; Milly walks over to him with her hands\\nbehind her head and speaks deliberately.) I say, what s Maude\\ncrying about?\\nHoward. Maude crying (Aside.) Can it be that she\\ndoes care for me Where is she\\nMilly (pointing through window). Out there,", "height": "3691", "width": "2266", "jp2-path": "confidencegameco00whit_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "12 A CONFIDENCE GAME.\\nHoward. Thanks. You are a little angel\\n[Exit through window.\\nMilly. Angel again. My reputation is extending. I\\nthought that would fix him. Did I tell him she was crying\\nNo. I simply asked him a question, that was all. (Looks out\\nof window.) Here they come. I must see the rest of this.\\nIt s too rich to lose.\\n(Gets under table again as Howard and Maude enter.)\\nHoward. So you are going to let me go away again with-\\nout knowing if you care for me?\\nMaude. What nonsense you know I always liked you,\\nHoward. Yes, to my sorrow. If you did not like me so\\nplaguy well, you might care for me as I wish you did.\\n(Howard goes over to chimney-piece and leans on it disconso-\\nlately. Maude looks at him penitently, goes over to him\\nand puts her hand o?i his arm.)\\nMaude. Perhaps I am not as heartless as I seem. What\\nif I did care for you that way what if I had all my life\\nHoward (drawing her to him). Maude\\nMilly (poking head from under table). Ohoo How\\nengaging (Stands up, holds on to her sides and laughs.) Of\\nall the larks. Somebody hold me while I do the grand faint\\nact. [Exit, r.\\nHoward. Confound the youngster\\nMaude. We may as well laugh as cry. There is no peace\\nfor the wicked when that child is awake.\\nMilly reenters r. with man s hat on, dragging Laurie with\\ngirVs hat on.\\nMilly (to Laurie). Don t you love me, darling?\\nLaurie. I Why Charles Augustus Brown\\nMilly (aside to Laurie). I am Howard.\\nLaurie. Oh, Howard, do you love me\\nMilly. You silly, girl, what do you think about it\\nLaurie. I never think. Mama says it s a bad habit.\\nMilly. How can I prove how true it is Have you any\\nheart, Great Caesar\\nLaurie (aside to Milly). What s the matter with you, any-\\nhow What did you bring me in here for\\nMilly (aside to Laurie poking him with her elbow). Keep\\nit up, keep it up (Aloud.) Why do you treat me so badly?", "height": "3691", "width": "2266", "jp2-path": "confidencegameco00whit_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "A CONFIDENCE GAME. 1 3\\nLaurie. I can t treat you at all. I haven t had a cent for\\na week.\\nMilly. I think that oh, I m so shy I can t say it.\\nLaurie. Go on. Fire away. Don t mind me.\\nMilly {imitating Maude s manner). I think that I think\\nthat you have a face like a pug dog. Ah, there is some one\\nunder that table over there.\\nLaurie. Oh Howard It is a confederate spy. If he\\nlooks at us he will surely see us. I am desperate, heart-broken,\\nwild almost to extraction. I will pack my trunk and take the\\nnext train for New York.\\nMilly {tipping hat over her eyes and striking attitude). So\\nyou are going away again without letting me propose to. you.\\nWith my Oliver Wendell Holmes intellect, I suspected that\\nyou would quail under the circumstances.\\nLaurie. I quail on nothing except toast. We cannot live,\\nbut we can at least die together. Takes fancy bottle of per-\\nfumery from chimney piece and pretends to dye Milly s and\\nhis own hair.) I am dying, love, good-bye.\\n(Milly falls on to sofa. Howard chases Laurie off l.)\\nMaude (to Milly). I would like to give you a good shak-\\ning, but it is so late I can t spare the time. (Exit r., and re-\\nturns with hat and coat puts them on as she talks.) You\\nnearly made me miss the train with all that nonsense. (Grace\\nand Bert enter l.) Well, girls, I m sorry to leave you.\\nAmuse yourselves while I am gone.\\nMilly. No, we won t. We can t have a bit of fun with-\\nout you. What are you going off for like this, anyway?\\nGrace told me something about Cousin Kate, but I couldn t\\nmake anything out of it,\\nMaude. Stupid The steamer that Kate is on will reach\\nNew York to-morrow morning. She was intending to go to\\nAunt Mary s first, but you know she would have an awfully\\ndull Fourth there, so I am going up to meet her and bring her\\ndown here in time for the fireworks. Do you comprehend\\nthat?\\nMilly. Yep. I just wish, though, that Cousin Kate had\\nstayed at home where she belonged.\\nMaude (aside). I don t. If she had, I could never have\\ngotten away.\\nBert (who has been talking with Grace, takes out watch).\\nTen minutes of ten, Maude. You had better be going.", "height": "3691", "width": "2266", "jp2-path": "confidencegameco00whit_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "14 A CONFIDENCE GAME.\\nMaude. I should say so. (She kisses Grace and Milly.)\\nHoward has run off somewhere. Bert, will you go to the sta-\\ntion with me\\nGrace. Of course he will. Go ahead, you will be late.\\n(To Bert.) Hurry back.\\n[Bert nods and he and Maude exeunt r.\\nMilly (watching them off). I only wish I w T as going.\\nWhy didn t I ask her to take me\\nGrace (seating herself with book). You could run after\\nthem.\\nMilly. Yes, but she wouldn t wait. (After a pause.*)\\nWell, this is what I call interesting. Life down here is about\\nas exciting as a horse race without any horses.\\nGrace. What s the trouble now? Aren t you enjoying\\nyourself\\nMilly. Of course. I always enjoy myself. It s other peo-\\nple whom I don t enjoy. (Comes down and reads over\\nGrace s shoulder. Aside.) These novel readers are worse\\nthan mummies, and some of them are about as antique. I do\\nwish that you would get up and move round, or that I was\\ntaller. It isn t dignified to be small.\\nGrace. Why do you want to be tall, Milly\\nMilly. What does any one want to be tall for You talk\\nas though I had no right to be anything. I declare between\\nyou and Laurie there is no living. I haven t had a bit of fun\\nto-night. If something doesn t happen soon (flinging herself\\ninto chair) I shall die\\nGrace. Don t talk nonsense. What shall I do to amuse you\\nMilly. That s right, talk as if I was a baby and you were\\na martyr. I don t wonder that you are mama s favorite, you\\nact so like a perfect angel and that it s always Milly, child,\\nwill you ever learn to act like a rational being, or Dear me,\\nMilly, why will you act so? while she d let you sit down on\\nher best bonnet if it would do you any particular good. No,\\nI m not going to be amused, and that s an end of it.\\nGrace (who has been reading during this last speecli).\\nHave you finished\\nMilly. Well, of all the impudence\\nGrace. That is what I was going to say.\\nMilly (good-naturedly). Now, Grace, don t lecture. I\\nknow I m hateful, but Laurie has been gone ever so long, and\\nI must have some one to fight with. Things wouldn t be so\\nstupid if he was here.", "height": "3691", "width": "2266", "jp2-path": "confidencegameco00whit_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "A CONFIDENCE GAME. 1 5\\nLaurie {entering r.). Right you are. (Hilly rushes and\\nhugs him he dodges behind table. Handle with care, young-\\nster. That necktie cost me fifteen cents last bargain day.\\nMilly. Oh, bother the necktie\\nLaurie (straightening tie). You ve done enough of that\\nfor two. (To Grace.) How are you, coz?\\nGrace. As well as usual.\\nLaurie. Bert isn t breaking your heart, then (Aside to\\nMilly.) Heart is the word, isn t it?\\nMilly. What would it be Skull\\nLaurie. Children should be seen and not heard. (Pretends\\nto read over Grace s shoulder.) All day long he carried an\\naching void in his vest pocket. (To Milly.) Scholar, define\\naching void.\\nMilly. In your case it would mean a headache.\\nLaurie. Wrong. Go to the head. Mental Arithmetic.\\nIf the Blue Hills were on the corner of Elliot street, how much\\nwould Huyler charge for a tall hat The answer will be found\\nin next week s directory.\\nMilly. Yes, I guess it will.\\nLaurie. To any one who solves the problem, we will give,\\nfree of charge, for the small sum of sixteen dollars, a life-size\\npicture of Grover Cleveland, and a box of his baking powder.\\nSister Leslie will now speak upon Political Economy.\\nGrace. I move that she speak upon breath economy. I\\nwas trying to read.\\nLaurie. The situation was also trying.\\nMilly (to Grace). I have discovered Laurie s equivoca-\\ntion in life. Judging from his conversation, he is musically\\ninclined. He would make a drummer.\\nLaurie. You don t say It doesn t agree with your con-\\nstitution to stay up late. It makes you rather late with your\\njokes.\\nMilly. Is that so Well, any one would know you brought\\nyours with you. They have the flavor of being far fetched.\\nLaurie. What did you say? Oh, yes, of course, the\\nweather has been miserable. Farewell, ladies. I will serenade\\nyou with my cannon in the morning s early glow. [Exit, r.\\nMilly. Oh, I forgot. I was going to bed early, so as to\\nget up at two o clock. Are you going to sit up for Bert?\\nGrace. Yes, if I can keep awake.\\nMilly. You couldn t for any one else.\\n[Exit, L,, throwing kiss.", "height": "3691", "width": "2266", "jp2-path": "confidencegameco00whit_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "1 6 A CONFIDENCE GAME.\\nGrace. Perhaps there s some truth in that. [Going to\\nwindow. How dark it is not a star to be seen. I do wish\\nMaude could have stayed at home. Bert s first .night here, too.\\nIt is too bad. I wonder if any one realizes how much we love\\neach other. There, I declare I am getting lonesome already.\\nI ll read awhile. {Takes up book reads.) Always the same\\nold story. Misunderstandings between the hero and the hero-\\nine. In real life we don t have them. Love brings with it\\nonly divine trust and happiness. Ah, Bert, nothing but death\\ncan part us nothing but death.\\n(Grace talks lazily, reads, and falls asleep. Bronson en-\\nters through window, c. goes to desk and lays revolver on\\nit. Turns and sees Grace. Starts to go out, but think-\\ning better of it, straightens up and goes boldly down to\\nher.)\\nBronson. Pardon me. I was looking for Miss Winslow\\n(He sees that she sleeps, goes to doors r. and l. and looks\\nout. Comes stealthily back, looks at Grace, crosses to\\ndesk, unlocks desk drawer, takes out money locks drawer\\nagain, and turning, bends over Grace and puts his face\\nclose to hers to make sure that she is not feigning sleep.\\nBert appears in doorway, r., but staggers back as he sees\\nBronson bending over Grace in this familiar attitude.\\nGrace stirs, and thinking that she is going to wake, Bron-\\nson leans forward and blows out the light. The foot-\\nlights should also go out.\\nCURTAIN.", "height": "3691", "width": "2266", "jp2-path": "confidencegameco00whit_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "ACT II.\\nSCENE. The same. Time, morning of the Fourth of July.\\nHoward is standing by chimney-piece. Grace enters, r.,\\nas the curtain rises.\\nHoward. Ah, here you are at last I thought you were\\ngoing to get up early.\\nGrace. So I was, but I didn t go to bed until late, and\\nLaurie kept firing his cannon off under my window until after\\nsix o clock. He was up at one.\\nHoward. He will get enough of it before the day is over,\\nbut have you seen anything of Bert Milly said you stayed\\nup for him last night.\\nGrace. Yes, I did but I didn t see him, after all. I went\\nto sleep in my chair, and when I woke up the lamp had burned\\nout, so I knew it was late. I suppose he went to bed without\\ncoming in here. Why do you ask\\nHoward. That is singular. He certainly came in here,\\nfor there is his revolver on the desk but his bed hasn t been\\nslept in, and no one has seen him this morning.\\nGrace. Are you sure he didn t stay out with Laurie\\nHoward. Laurie says he didn t, but he may be cheating\\nme. [Exit, l.\\nLaurie (entering, r., shaking fist through doorway). Milly,\\nyou wretch, if I catch you I ll make you wish I hadn t.\\nGrace. See here, what s that you are saying?\\nLaurie. I ll fix that sister of yours when I catch her. The\\nlittle minx got me to set the cannon off to wake you up, and\\nwhile I was loading, nearly blew my head off with a cannon-\\ncracker.\\nMilly (poking head in r.). Polly want a cracker?\\n(Laurie chases her and she appears at window chanting.)\\nThere was a little boy and a cannon-cracker, if he caught the\\nlittle girl you bet he d whack her.\\n(Laurie goes through the window after her.)\\nHoward (entering l., with a letter in his hand). Come here\\na moment, Grace. (Regards her keenly.) Bert has gone\\n*7.", "height": "3691", "width": "2266", "jp2-path": "confidencegameco00whit_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "l8 A CONFIDENCE GAME.\\naway. Can you explain this? {Reading.*) Something oc-\\ncurred last night which makes it necessary for me to leave at\\nonce. Bert. Do you know what he means\\nGrace. No, of course I don t. Why should I?\\nHoward. You had no quarrel with him yesterday No\\nwords of any kind which could send him away\\nGrace. Why, no. We parted the very best of friends.\\nWhat can he mean\\nHoward. I haven t the slightest idea. I say, Grace, you\\nwill keep a close mouth about this until I find out. I must\\ninvent some motive for his absence. Confound it, he has left\\nme in a nice muddle. (Goings., turns abruptly.) You are\\nsure that you know nothing absolutely nothing of this affair\\nGrace. Nothing beyond what I have told you. (Howard\\nexit, l.) He seems to suspect me of being the cause of this.\\nThank goodness, I know I m not. It can t be anything seri-\\nous. {Laughing.) Of course not. It is something about his\\nbusiness something which he did not want to write about.\\nBronson {appearing at window). Good-morning, madam,\\nI was told that I should find Miss Winslow here. {Enters\\nleisurely.)\\nGrace. I am very sorry, but Miss Winslow is not at home.\\nBronson. Not at home er er this is extremely awkward.\\nI have come a long distance to see her. When will she be\\nhome?\\nGrace. Not before this evening. You say you have come\\na long distance to see her\\nBronson. Yes, rather. I come from er er {then suddenly)\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Wells Beach.\\nGrace. Wells Beach Wells Beach Why, yes, of\\ncourse. You are Mr. Islesworth. I have always wanted to\\nsee you so much. Do sit down and rest yourself. You must\\nbe very tired.\\nBronson. Thank you. I do feel fatigued. This weather\\nis so oppressive. {He throws mackintosh over chair l., and\\nsits.)\\nGrace. I saw you looked surprised at my knowing you.\\nBronson. Yes, naturally. {Aside.) She came near mak-\\ning my acquaintance a little too soon, but thanks to the lamp I\\nescaped.\\nGrace. How do you suppose I knew you\\nBronson. I really couldn t guess. {Aside.) Unless she\\nsaw my picture in the Rogues Gallery.", "height": "3691", "width": "2266", "jp2-path": "confidencegameco00whit_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "A CONFIDENCE GAME. 19\\nGrace. Why, I am Maude s cousin, and I have heard her\\ndescribe you so often.\\nBronson. Indeed, I feel flattered. {Aside.) I hope she\\nliked my looks.\\nGrace. She will never forget you.\\nBronson {aside). I don t think she will or her necklace.\\nGrace. She thought you a hero.\\nBronson (aside). Giving Maude away in great style\\nGrace. I m sure I do too.\\nBronson (aside). What a brazen girl. Tell a man that to\\nhis face.\\n9 Grace. Why would you never come to be thanked\\nBronson (aside). These ready made characters have their\\ndifficulties (Aloud.) Why er er er, well er naturally a\\nman doesn t care to be thanked for a little thing like that.\\n(Aside.) What have I done?\\nGrace (aside). He is very modest (Aloud.) But I\\nmust thank you now. Didn t you feel terribly when you saw\\nher going down\\nBronson. No words can express what I felt. (Aside.)\\nAnd do now. Where was she going? Down where?\\nGrace. Maude couldn t remember much. Will you tell\\nme how you saved her\\nBronson. I think she can remember much better than I.\\n(Aside.) That s true, anyhow.\\nGrace. Oh no, indeed. Do tell me.\\nBronson (aside). Great Scott I m in for it. (Aloud.)\\nWhy I simply went to her and er er (Aside.) What the\\ndeuce shall I say (Aloud.) Rescued her. Yes, certainly\\nrescued her.\\nGrace (aside). Not a very thrilling description. He is\\nrather bashful. (Aloud.) I see that you feel an aversion to\\nspeaking about it.\\nBronson. You are right, I do. Let us drop the subject.\\nGrace. Certainly, if you wish it. But if Maude had been\\ndrowned, we should never have gotten over it.\\nBronson (aside). Neither would she. Glad I know what\\nit was. (Aloud.) I must enquire for the rest of her family.\\nThey are all well I trust.\\nGrace. Yes, with the exception of Mrs. Winslow. She\\nhas kept her sitting-room lately with a sprained ankle. She\\ndoesn t see callers as a rule, but I know she would be, glad to\\nsee you. If you will come with me I will speak to her,", "height": "3691", "width": "2266", "jp2-path": "confidencegameco00whit_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "20 A CONFIDENCE GAME.\\nBronson. Certainly. (Aside.*) Confound it, no chance\\nto get that revolver yet. I must have it. It has my initials on\\nit and I wouldn t lose it for a good deal. It would be a good\\nclue for the police. I can t be fooling around here all day.\\n[Grace and Bronson exeunt, l.\\nHoward enters r., goes to mirror. Milly follows him.\\nMilly (aside). Admiring himself Well, I suppose he\\nhas to, as no one else will.\\n(Puts up large tin horn and blows a fearful blast close behind\\nhim. Howard jumps and seizes horn Milly laughs.)\\nHoward. At your tricks again, eh You are too old to be\\namused by a thing like that.\\nMilly. It isn t a question of years, it s a question of ears\\nand besides my heart is young, as some other great person has\\nsaid.\\nHoward. I should say it was. (He walks about, looking at\\nbooks, pictures, etc.)\\nMilly (after a pause). Your conversation is exceedingly\\ninteresting.\\nHoward. No\\nMilly. I agree with you.\\nHoward (suddenly). Milly, didn t Grace feel very badly\\nover Bert s going away\\nMilly. Arrived at a pumping station I m for Washington\\nwho never told a lie. (Aloud.) Feel badly; why no, I\\nshould say not. He used to tag after her all the time. Grace\\nisn t the girl who likes to put people into their places. Natur-\\nally she would be glad when something saved her that trouble.\\nHoward. Then you never thought she cared for him\\nMilly. I ll tell you what I have a little theory of my\\nown.\\nHoward (eagerly). Yes?\\nMilly. And that is that it isn t wise to meddle with other\\nfolks affairs.\\nGrace (entering l.). Have you heard anything more of\\nBert?\\nHoward. Not a word. By the way (crossing to desk and\\ntaking up revolver), I guess I ll take care of this. (To Milly.\\nYou youngsters might get fooling with it. (Takes key fro?n\\npocket and opens drawer.) I feel as if I belonged here, hav-\\ning a drawer of my qwn. (Opens drawer, starts back, his", "height": "3691", "width": "2266", "jp2-path": "confidencegameco00whit_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "A CONFIDENCE GAME. 21\\namazement increasing?) Why, what does this mean I cer-\\ntainly put the money here. Of course I did. I know I did\\nand it s gone\\nGrace (laughing uneasily). Nonsense; it must be there.\\nIt has slipped down behind in some way. (Goes to desk a?id\\nlooks.)\\nHoward (desperately). No. I tell you, it s gone.\\nMilly. What s gone? Whose was it?\\nGrace. Some money of Howard s. Oh, why did I tell\\nyou to put it here\\nMilly (getting down on floor and looking under desk).\\nBut who took it It didn t fly through the roof. Who knew\\nit was there\\nHoward. No one but Grace and I and Bert.\\nMilly. Bert He knows he is playing a trick on you.\\n(Howard and Grace exchange glances. Grace rushes\\nover to Milly and speaks almost fiercely.)\\nGrace. Milly Leslie, don t you dare to say that again.\\nBert knows nothing about the money; not a thing. Don t\\nmention his name in connection with it. You don t know\\nwhat you are saying.\\n(Howard puts hands to his head and exit, l.)\\nMilly. I shouldn t think you did either. I m not going\\nto help hunt for the old money. It s all the thanks I get.\\n{Exit, l.\\nGrace. Oh no, no, no It can t be that, but the letter\\nthe letter. I won t doubt him I won t doubt him. Did he\\never do anything dishonorable in his whole life? No, no.\\nNever never never And yet and yet Oh Bert\\n(Grace sinks into chair and covers her face with her hands.\\nBert enters window and stands regarding her for a mo-\\nment before he speaks.)\\nBert. Grace.\\nGrace (rushing up to him). Bert Thank Heaven\\nBert (turning coldly away from her). Then you are glad\\nto see me I should hardly expect it under the circumstances.\\nGrace (softening a little), I thought perhaps I acted hastily last\\nnight.\\n(He throws his mackintosh on to chair over Bronson s.\\nBert s falls onto floor back of chair.", "height": "3691", "width": "2266", "jp2-path": "confidencegameco00whit_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "22 A CONFIDENCE GAME.\\nGrace. I knew it. It was the impulse of a moment. It\\nwas not your better self. No one but Howard and I will ever\\nknow of this you may trust us to keep it secret. Oh, Bert,\\nlet this be a lesson to you. No one can be happy through dis-\\nhonesty. The reaction always comes.\\nBert. You admit, then, that you were dishonest with me\\nthat you led me to believe you cared for me while you were\\nmeeting this man whom you really loved, and, no doubt,\\nsmiling over my affection for you? If the reaction has come I\\nam glad.\\nGrace (aside) He pretends to misunderstand me. {Aloud.\\nWhy do you accuse me of things of which you know I am in-\\nnocent? I have met no man, I have loved no one but you.\\nExplain your meaning.\\nBert. There is no need of my doing that. You deny\\nflatly what I saw with my own eyes. I came back for an ex-\\nplanation. This is sufficient. All I can do is to leave you\\nagain, once and forever. {Starts up and puts on Bronson s\\nmackintosh.)\\nGrace. What do you mean Are you going away again\\nwithout putting the money back Have you no love for your\\nbrother Will you disgrace us all\\nBert {angrily). Disgrace\\nGrace. Yes. I didn t mean to be unkind to you but you\\nforce me to it. We found that the money was gone from the\\ndesk we knew that you left last night, and besides your own\\nletter condemned you.\\nBert. What, the money gone that belonged to the firm\\n{Looks thoughtful, then turns upon Grace. So, they say I\\nstole it, do they? Grace Leslie, you know just as well as I do\\nwho took that money but I understand you can t betray\\nthe man you love.\\nGrace {aside). He taunts me with it.\\nBert. But surely you would not let an innocent man suffer\\nfor his crime. Say that you saw the man rob the desk, but\\ndared not move to prevent it. Do not describe him correctly\\nand he will go free. Do you see what I mean\\nGrace. Oh, yes, I see. {Aside.) He knows I was asleep,\\nbut he wants to make me lie for him. {Aloud.) What shall\\nI do For you I would do almost anything, but not this, not\\nthis. I should get mixed up, indeed I would. I am not in the\\nhabit of deceiving. I should betray you in the end.\\nBert. Great Heavens what a woman I have been loving", "height": "3608", "width": "2204", "jp2-path": "confidencegameco00whit_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "A CONFIDENCE GAME. 23\\nYou refuse to help me, knowing that I cannot answer this\\ncharge that everything is against me. I shall go back to the\\ncity at once. If I am to be arrested I would rather\\nGrace. Don t\\nBert. It were done in my own house.\\nGrace (crossing to desk). Wait a minute. {Takes out re-\\nvolver.) This is the only evidence. Take it.\\nBert {taking revolver, examines it and unloads it). Where\\ndid you find this\\nGrace. On the desk, where you left it.\\nHoward, Laurie and Milly enter, r. At sight of Bert\\nthey all stop and exclaim.\\nHoward. So you are back again. I hope you will tell us\\nnow what occurred last night.\\nBert. I will. {Aside.) I shall tell everything and clear\\nmyself. I have been duped too long. God knows I love her,\\nbut I love my honor more. {Aloud.) Last night when I\\ncame into this room I expected to find Grace here. I found\\nher. She was sitting in that chair and bending over her in a\\nvery affectionate attitude was a man whom I had never seen\\nbefore.\\nGrace {aside). He is only making things worse. I can-\\nnot help him.\\nHoward. Go on.\\nBert. Unconsciously I must have made some sound, for\\nafraid of being discovered in their secret meeting, the man\\nleaned forward and blew out the light. I left, but thinking\\nthat perhaps I had acted hastily in not waiting for some ex-\\nplanation, I returned and was met with the charge of robbery.\\nThis revolver is the evidence against me.\\nHoward. Yes. If you didn t come into the room last\\nnight, how did you happen to leave that here\\nBert. That is simple enough. It is not my revolver.\\n{Gives it to Grace.) You have made a slight mistake. You\\nmust give it to your friend of last evening, and tell him for me, not\\nto have his initials on another one. You see they are not\\nA. L. but H. B. instead.\\n(All crowd around Bert.)\\nHoward. By Jove, that s so! but\\nBert {putting hand into mackintosh pocket). I have mine\\nwith me.", "height": "3608", "width": "2204", "jp2-path": "confidencegameco00whit_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "24 A CONFIDENCE GAME.\\n{Pulls out envelope which contained money when Howard\\nput it in drawer. Bert stares at it in amazement.\\nHoward starts forward?)\\nHoward. The envelope\\n(Bert tears off mackintosh and flinging it on floor, confronts\\nGrace.)\\nBert. So this is your work, is it Did you aim at con-\\nvicting me, or is it only a plot to shield some one else Fool,\\nfool that I was, not to see it. You have done well. Not\\nsatisfied with accusing me of the crime, you place the evi-\\ndence in my own pocket and force me to convict myself.\\n{Picks up mackintosh in a perfect frenzy.*) I suppose I shall\\nfind the money here, too. {Pulls out numerous articles.\\nWait a minute, this is not my coat. Glances around and\\nfinds his own on floor where it has fallen. He goes through\\npocket and brings out revolver.) Here here just as I told\\nyou Whose is this other coat\\nGrace. Mr. Islesworth s. The man who saved Maude s\\nlife. How could he know anything about the money\\nBert. If I am not very much mistaken he and H. B. are\\nthe same man. Grace, concealment is useless. Confess your\\npart in this affair.\\nGrace. Oh, my head is bursting You know I was\\nasleep\\nBert. Asleep\\nMaude {entering window with two detectives). Ah, chil-\\ndren all here\\nMilly. Hello what brought you back so soon\\nMaude. Unforeseen difficulties. When I left here last night,\\nI intended not only to meet Cousin Kate, but to see a manager\\nof a theatrical troupe to procure a situation. On the train be-\\ntween here and Perrin, I learned that the agent to whom I was\\ngoing was a fraud, and had been arrested for getting girls to\\nadvance money for costumes and then clearing out.\\nLaurie. Good enough for you Serves you right.\\nMaude. So I concluded to leave Cousin Kate alone, and\\ntook the next train back.\\nMilly. Oh, I m so glad We ve been having the most\\nterrible time. Bert says that Grace\\n(Laurie puts hand over Milly s mouth.)", "height": "3608", "width": "2204", "jp2-path": "confidencegameco00whit_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "A CONFIDENCE GAME. 25\\nMaude. In the station I overheard these gentlemen {indi-\\ncating detectives} asking for information of the Mr. Bronson\\nwho had interviewed me. I told them he had been in this\\nvicinity, and they came down with me.\\nBronson enters l. sees his revolver on chimney-piece. Group\\nstands back to him. Bert, who is well tip stage, turns in\\ntime to see Bronson conceal revolver.\\nBert (aside). The same\\nMaude {seeing Bronson excitedly). There he is\\n(Detectives seize Bronson as he tries to escape.)\\nNab Em. Bronson, you are wanted for burglary, swindling\\nand blackmail. Don t make any fuss now.\\nGrab Em. You are caught in your own trap, my man.\\nLaurie. Make him hand over the money.\\nNab Em. Certainly. (To Bronson.) Hand over that\\nmoney, and don t make any fuss about it.\\n(Bronson takes out money. Detectives give it to Howard.)\\nHoward (shaking hands with Bert). Forgive me, old fel-\\nlow, and call it square.\\nMaude (who has been talking with Grace, comes down\\nfront). I hear that you have been passing as Mr. Islesworth.\\nYour resources are certainly numerous. I am very sorry that I\\nshall not be able to join your company, and I fear I shall never\\nbecome the brilliant actress you predicted, but neither shall I\\nlose my necklace through your kindness.\\nMilly (coming down). Mr. Swindler, if you are ever lucky\\nenough to get out of jail, don t steal where it is likely to create\\nfamily disturbances.\\nBronson (glaring at Milly, and turning to Bert). You\\nare a nice appearing fellow, but you are the biggest fool I ever\\nsaw. Take my advice if you want to be happy with that\\nyoung woman (pointing at Grace), don t jump at conclusions;\\nand if she wants to be happy with you, she mustn t suspect\\nyou of all kinds of things the minute your back is turned.\\n(Steps back suddenly and pulls revolver.) And now I ll thank\\nyou to remain where you are.\\n(Bronson backs toward window. Bert is stationed up\\nstage, and when Bronson reaches him, Bert springs at", "height": "3608", "width": "2204", "jp2-path": "confidencegameco00whit_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "26 A CONFIDENCE GAME.\\nhim. Bronson fires revolver, but it is unloaded, and\\nBert wrenches it from him. Detectives seize Bronson\\nup c. All watch struggle. Positions Milly on table, R.\\nLaurie back of her. Grace and Bert, l. Maude atid\\nHoward down front. The detectives, with Bronson\\nstruggling between them, up c.)\\nCURTAIN.", "height": "3608", "width": "2204", "jp2-path": "confidencegameco00whit_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "LATEST PLAYS.\\nA RANK DECEPTION.\\nA FARCE IN TWO ACTS.\\nBy LILLI HUGER SMITH.\\nThree male, three female characters. Costumes modern; scenery-\\nvery simple can be easily produced in a drawing-room, as in its original\\nperformance. An admirable farce, turning upon presumed incidents of\\nthe Cuban war, and addressed to the very best taste. Its story is cleverly\\nimagined and told with skill and ingenuity; its characters are admirably\\nchosen and drawn; its humor, which has a strong Gilbertian flavor, is\\nabundant and original. It is altogether an entirely exceptional piece of\\nits class, and is warmly recommended. De Bluster is a capital part for a\\nman, and all the three ladies are very strong. An excellent acting play,\\nequally strong in good lines and in telling situations.\\nPrice 15 Cents.\\nSYNOPSIS.\\nACT I Madelina s lovers. I won t marry any one who does n t take\\npart in this glorious war. De Bluster s dilemma. Wheelshaft s resolu-\\ntion. The army contract. De Bluster s bluff. Dora s mission. Relief for\\nthe wounded. The Red-Cross nurse. Defamation of character. A hero s\\noutfit. Off to the war.\\nACT II Conquering Hero Cigars. Madelina s stocking. The war\\nover. Dora s return. De Bluster s Tough Riders. Frederick s little\\nscheme. Dora s discovery. Mrs. C. decorates. Breaking the news. Wheel-\\nshaft looking for gore. The General s arrival. The Tough Rider s\\nstory. The bubble breaks. De Bluster busted.\\nThe Ladies of Cranford.\\nA Sketch of English Village Life Fifty Years Ago.\\nIN THREE ACTS.\\nBy MARY BARNARD HORNE,\\nThirteen female characters. Scenery very easy; costumes important,\\nbut not very difficult to manage. Dramatizations of Mrs. Gaskell s quaint\\nand humorous tale have been very popular the last two seasons, and this,\\nthe latest one, is believed to be also the best. The interest of the piece is,\\nof course, chiefly in its characters and their humors, but Mrs. Home has\\ncontrived to extract a sufficient dramatic interest from the suggestions of\\nthe story, and has put its amusing incidents upon the stage with admir-\\nable tact and skill. This is a valuable addition to the number of high-\\nclass plays for ladies, and is strongly recommended.\\nPrice o 25 Cents.\\nSYNOPSIS.\\nACT I Miss Matty s parlor. Economy a la Cranford. Courting\\nunder difficulties. A point of etiquette. Miss Matty s romance. A long-\\nlost brother. A cow in flannels. Afternoon tea. The bank failure.\\nACT II Miss Matty shop-keeping. Licensed to sell tea. A mar-\\nriage in Cranford. A customer. The Great Llama of Thibet. A gentle-\\nman to see Miss Jessie. Business methods. A shock to Cranford. Miss\\nMatty s equanimity.\\nACT III A card party. The seat of honor. Jessie s engagement.\\nThe Hon. Mrs. Jamieson. Carlo and the cream. Sinking the shop. Mrs.\\nJamieson s compliment. Good news.. Breaking it gently. Peter s come\\nback. A man in Cranford at last. Prosperity.\\nSenf, postpaid, on receipt of price, by\\nBAKER, 5 HAMILTON PLACE, BOSTON, MASS.", "height": "3608", "width": "2204", "jp2-path": "confidencegameco00whit_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "NEW PLAYS.\\nTHE MOONSHINER S DAUGHTER.\\nA Play of Mountain Life in Three Acts.\\nBy BERNARD FRANCIS MOORE.\\nAuthor of The Wrecker s Daughter, The Rough Rider, etc.\\nFive male, three female characters. Scenery very easy costumes mod-\\nern and rough. An easy but telling melodrama suited for young people\\nwho like plenty of go and action, and who may have liked this author s\\nWrecker s Daughter. Easy to get up, cast small and good throughout,\\nin all respects suited for amateurs who want to do a little serious acting\\nwithout getting beyond their depths. Plays an hour and three-quarters.\\nPrice 15 Cents.\\nSYNOPSIS:\\nACT I.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Dave Martin s house. Gerald and the gun. The revenue\\nmen. A bitter past. Father and daughter. A shadow from the grave.\\nThe confession. I killed him. The lost wife. The fairy of the\\nmountain. Blarney. The traitor. An enemy in the camp. A double\\nmotive. The price of liberty. An accidental meeting. Be warned in\\ntime. A counter warning. The stranger. My God, my husband.\\nReunited.\\nACT II.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The cave in the mountains. The midnight raid. There s\\nno such word as fail. Gerald s discovery. Dave s last offence. A Judas s\\nkiss. Too late, too late. After fourteen years. Mother and daughter.\\nThe wildcat still. A generous gauger. I am here not to capture but\\nto save. The counter-mine. For love s sake. Drawing the net. The\\nmeeting. An infamous bargain. A husband s arm. Never, you devil\\nFoiled.\\nACT III.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In New York. An anniversary. Visions of the past. Mat-\\nrimonial schemes. An enemy in the dark. He may strike through\\nthose you love. An alliance. For richer and for poorer. Gerald s uncle.\\nThe serpent on the hearth. Chloroformed. Just in time. Your bullet\\npierced his heart. Revenged.\\nThe Man From Texas.\\nA Farce in One Act.\\nBy BERNARD FRANCIS MOORE.\\nTwo male, two female characters. Costumes modern scenery simple.\\nAn easy and amusing slap-dash farce for young people. The Texan\\ndesperado is a capital part. Plays twenty-five minutes.\\nSent, postpaid, on receipt of price, by\\nBAKER, 5 HAMILTON PLACE, BOSTON, MASS.", "height": "3608", "width": "2204", "jp2-path": "confidencegameco00whit_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "k\\nfa\\nfa\\nfa\\nfa\\nfa\\nfa\\nt\\nfa\\nfa\\nfa\\nfa\\nfa\\nfa\\nfa\\nTHE MAGISTRATE,\\nTin\\nI A Farce in Three Acts. By Arthur. \\\\Y\\nPlXKRO, Twelve male, four female char-\\nacters. Costumes, modern scenery, all\\nllent and amusing piece, one of the mostpopu-\\nttested by long and repeated runt\\nTHE NOTORIOUS\\nMRS. EBBSMITH.\\n)f th:\\nithor s plays, are well\\nprincipal American theatres. It is of the highest class of dramatic writing, and\\nis uproariously funny, and at the same time unexceptionable in tone. Its entire\\nsuitability for amateur performance has been shown by hundreds of such pro-\\nductions from manuscript during the past three years. Plays two hours and\\na half. (181)2.)\\nA Drama in Four Acts. By Arthur YY\\nPinero. Eight male and five female charac-\\nters; scenery, all interiors. This is a prob-\\nlem play continuing the series to which The\\nProfligate and The Second Mrs. Tanqueray\\nbelong, and while strongly dramatic, and intensely interesting is not suited for\\namateur performance. It is recommended for Reading Clubs. (1895.)\\nTTTT7 PP fYJTT 1C A TF I A Play in Four Acts. Bv Arthur W. Pine-\\n1 rLC rsAJr LsXVJfX 1 LZ.* ro# seven male and five female characters.\\nScenery, three interiors, rather elaborate;\\ncostumes, modern. This is a piece of serious interest, powerfully dramatic in\\nmovement, and tragic in its event. An admirable play, but not suited for ama-\\nteur performance. (1892.)\\nA Farce in Three Acts. By Arthur\\nW. Pinero. Nine male, seven fe-\\n1 male characters. Costumes, mod-\\nem scenery, three interiors, easily arranged. This ingenious and laughable\\nfarce was played by Miss liosina Yokes during her last season in America with\\ngreat success. Its plot is amusing, its action rapid and full of incident, its dia-\\nlogue brilliant, and its scheme of character especially rich in quaint and humor-\\nous types. The Hon. VereQueckett and Peggy are especially strong. The piece\\nis in all respects suitable for amateurs. (1894.)\\nTHE SCHOOLMISTRESS.\\nTHE SECOND\\nMRS. TANQUERAY.\\nf\\nA Play in Four Acts. By Arthur W.\\nPinero. Eight male and five female char-\\nacters. Costumes, modern scenery, three\\ninteriors. This well-known and powerful\\nplay is not well suited for amateur per-\\nformance. It is offered to Mr. Pinero s admirers among the reading public in\\nanswer to the demand which its wide discussion as an acted play has created.\\n(1894.) Also in Cloth, $1.00.\\nSWEET LAVENDER.\\nA Comedy in Three Acts.. By Arthur\\nW. Pinero. Seven male and four female\\ncharacters. Scene, a single interior, the\\nsame for all three acts: costumes, modern and fashionable. This well known\\nand popular piece is admirably suited to amateur players, by whom it has been\\noften given during the last few years. Its story is strongly sympathetic, and its\\ncomedy interest abundant and strong. (1893.)\\nTHE TIMES. I\\nTHE WEAKER SEX.\\nA Comedy in Four Acts. By Arthur W. Ptnero. Six\\nmale and seven female characters. Scene, a single ele-\\ngant interior costumes, modern and fashionable. An\\nentertaining piece, of strong dramatic interest and admirable satirical humor.\\n(1892.)\\nA Comedy in Three Acts. By Arthur\\nW. Ptnero. Eight male and eight female\\ncharacters. Costumes, modern scenery,\\ntwo interiors, not difficult. This very amusing comedy was a popular feature of\\nthe renertoire of Mr. and Mrs. Kendal in this country. It presents a plot of\\nstrong dramatic interest, and its incidental satire of Woman s Rights em-\\nploys some admirably humorous characters, and inspires many very clever lines.\\nIts leading characters are unusually even in strength and prominence, which\\nmakes it a very satisfactory piece for amateurs. (1894.)\\nB\\nfa\\nfa\\nfa\\nfa\\nfa\\nfa\\nfa\\nfa\\nfa\\nfa\\nfa\\nfa\\nfa\\nfa\\nfa\\nf\\ns\u00c2\u00bb\\nW\\nw\\nw\\nf\\nI\\nm", "height": "3608", "width": "2204", "jp2-path": "confidencegameco00whit_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "(Vs\\nms\\ntos\\ntOs\\nas\\n(US\\n(Us\\n(Us\\n4\\n4s\\nT\\nw\\nLIBRARY OF CONGRESS\\nmmmmm 11111\\nNEW OPERETTAS 1 ^918 i\\nEDITH S DREAM.\\nan \u00c2\u00a9peretta for CJjttoretu\\nWords by MARGARET FEZANDIE and EDGAR MORETTE.\\nMusic by EUGENE FEZANDIE, Jr.\\nEleven characters, girls and boys, or all girls, as preferred ten or more addi-\\ntional for chorus. Scenery unnecessary; costumes, pretty and fanciful, but\\neasily arranged at home. This admirable little piece is printed complete with\\nmusic. It is very tuneful and gracefully imagined, and is strongly recommended\\nfor private theatricals or for schools. It is particularly well suited for the latter\\nuse, as it deals whimsically with the question of youthful study, inculcating,\\nhowever, an excellent moral.\\nPrice\\n35 cents.\\nODD OPERASHEVEN TIDE.\\nA Collection of Short and Simple Musical\\nEntertainments for Children.\\nBy MRS. G. N. BORDMAN.\\nThis collection provides a simple operetta, a fairy opera, a picturesque motion\\nsong, a quaint musical pantomime, a pretty musical sketch, and two original\\nhumorous recitations for children, complete, with all the music, and full instruc-\\ntions for performance. The music is tuneful and simple, and is specially written\\nwith the tastes and limitations of children in view. The solos are easily learned\\nand sung, and all the choruses are written for voices in unison. The collection\\nis strongly recommended for its simplicity and perfect practicability. Neither\\nstage nor scenery is demanded, nor any other requirements that caiinot be met\\nwithout trouble by the equipment of the ordinary hall or church vestry, and the\\nzeal of the most economical committee of arrangements.\\nPrice\\nCONTENTS.\\n50 cents.\\nA Glimpse of the Brownies. A\\nM usical Sketch for Children. Any\\nnumber of boys.\\nMarket Day. An Operetta for Young\\nPeople. Seven speaking parts and\\nchorus.\\nQueen Flora s Day Dream, An\\nOperetta for Children. Six speak-\\ning parts and chorus.\\nThe Boating: Party. A Musical\\nSketch for Little Children. Thirty\\nboys and girls.\\nSix Uttle Grandmas. A Musical\\nPantomime for very Little Children.\\nSix very little girls.\\nJirnmy Crow. A Recitation for a\\nLittle Girl.\\nA House in the Moon. A Recita-\\ntion for a Child.\\n4\\nS\\n(h\\n(Vs\\n(Us\\n(US\\n(Us\\nt\\nf\\nW\\nf\\nw\\nf\\n$5", "height": "3754", "width": "2224", "jp2-path": "confidencegameco00whit_0032.jp2"}}